adytum

Adytum, ad′i-tum, n. the most sacred part of a heathen temple: the chancel of a church:—pl.

The adytum itself consists of three apartments, entirely of granite.

Behind the adytum are small rooms for the priests who served in the temple.

All the old temples had an adytum, sanctuary, or holy of holies—a place not open to the profane, but protected by rigid taboos.

Author's hospitable reception there, and admission to the adytum, 119.